Multivariable Al–Salam & Carlitz Polynomials Associated with the Type A q–Dunkl Kernel

The Al–Salam & Carlitz polynomials are q–generalizations of the classical Hermite polynomials. Multivariable generalizations of these polynomials are introduced via a generating function involving a multivariable hypergeometric function which is the q–analogue of the type–A Dunkl integral kernel. An eigenoperator is established for these polynomials and this is used to prove orthogonality with respect to a certain Jackson integral inner product. This inner product is normalized by deriving a q–analogue of the Mehta integral, and the corresponding normalization of the multivariable Al–Salam & Carlitz polynomials is derived from a Pieri–type formula. Various other special properties of the polynomials are also presented, including their relationship to the shifted Macdonald polynomials and the big–q Jacobi polynomials.     

Bivariate generating functions for Rogers-Szegö polynomials

In the present paper, we utilize the general q-exponential operators to derive several Carlitz type bivariate generating functions for Rogers-Szegö polynomials. Moreover, we give an equivalent expansion formula of a certain bivariate generating functions for Rogers-Szegö polynomials and propose an open problem.     

Some remarks on a paper by L. Carlitz

We study a family of orthogonal polynomials which generalizes a sequence of polynomials considered by L. Carlitz. We show that they are a special case of the Sheffer polynomials and point out some interesting connections with certain Sobolev orthogonal polynomials.     

Dedekind–Carlitz polynomials as lattice-point enumerators in rational polyhedra

We study higher-dimensional analogs of the Dedekind–Carlitz polynomials , where u and v are indeterminates and a and b are positive integers. Carlitz proved that these polynomials satisfy the reciprocity law from which one easily deduces many classical reciprocity theorems for the Dedekind sum and its generalizations. We illustrate that Dedekind–Carlitz polynomials appear naturally in generating functions of rational cones and use this fact to give geometric proofs of the Carlitz reciprocity law and various extensions of it. Our approach gives rise to new reciprocity theorems and computational complexity results for Dedekind–Carlitz polynomials, a characterization of Dedekind–Carlitz polynomials in terms of generating functions of lattice points in triangles, and a multivariate generalization of the Mordell–Pommersheim theorem on the appearance of Dedekind sums in Ehrhart polynomials of 3-dimensional lattice polytopes. Research of Haase supported by DFG Emmy Noether fellowship HA 4383/1. We thank Robin Chapman, Eric Mortenson, and an anonymous referee for helpful comments.     

Symmetric identities on Bernoulli polynomials

In this paper, we obtain a generalization of an identity due to Carlitz on Bernoulli polynomials. Then we use this generalized formula to derive two symmetric identities which reduce to some known identities on Bernoulli polynomials and Bernoulli numbers, including the Miki identity.     

Generalization of a theorem of Carlitz

We generalize Carlitz? result on the number of self-reciprocal monic irreducible polynomials over finite fields by showing that similar explicit formula holds for the number of irreducible polynomials obtained by a fixed quadratic transformation. Our main tools are a combinatorial argument and Hurwitz genus formula.     

On the boomerang uniformity of permutations of low Carlitz rank

Finding permutation polynomials with low differential and boomerang uniformity is an important topic in S-box designs of many block ciphers. For example, AES chooses the inverse function as its S-box, which is differentially 4-uniform and boomerang 6-uniform. Also there has been considerable research on many non-quadratic permutations which are modifications of the inverse function. In this paper, we give a novel approach which shows that plenty of existing modifications of the inverse function are in fact affine equivalent to permutations of low Carlitz rank, and those modifications cannot be APN. We also present the complete list of permutations of Carlitz rank 3 having the boomerang uniformity six, and give the complete classification of the differential uniformities of permutations of Carlitz rank 3. As an application, we provide all the involutions of Carlitz rank 3 having the boomerang uniformity six.     

Multiplication formulas for Apostol-type polynomials and multiple alternating sums

We investigate multiplication formulas for Apostol-type polynomials and introduce λ-multiple alternating sums, which are evaluated by Apostol-type polynomials. We derive some explicit recursive formulas and deduce some interesting special cases that involve the classical Raabe formulas and some earlier results of Carlitz and Howard.     

Elliptic solutions of the Toda chain and a generalization of the Stieltjes–Carlitz polynomials

We construct new elliptic solutions of the restricted Toda chain. These solutions give rise to a new explicit class of orthogonal polynomials, which can be considered as a generalization of the Stieltjes–Carlitz elliptic polynomials. Relations between characteristic (i.e., positive definite) functions, Toda chain, and orthogonal polynomials are developed in order to derive the main properties of these polynomials. Explicit expressions are found for the recurrence coefficients and the weight function for these polynomials. In the degenerate cases of the elliptic functions, the modified Meixner polynomials and the Krall–Laguerre polynomials appear.     

Two new triangles of q-integers via q-Eulerian polynomials of type A and B

The classical Eulerian polynomials can be expanded in the basis t ^k?1(1+t) ^n+1?2k (1≤k≤?(n+1)/2?) with positive integral coefficients. This formula implies both the symmetry and the unimodality of the Eulerian polynomials. In this paper, we prove a q-analogue of this expansion for Carlitz’s q-Eulerian polynomials as well as a similar formula for Chow–Gessel’s q-Eulerian polynomials of type B. We shall give some applications of these two formulas, which involve two new sequences of polynomials in the variable q with positive integral coefficients. It is an open problem to give a combinatorial interpretation for these polynomials.     

Carlitz’s q-Bernoulli and q-Euler numbers and polynomials and a class of generalized q-Hurwitz zeta functions

In this paper, we systematically recover the identities for the q-eta numbers η_k and the q-eta polynomials η_k(x), presented by Carlitz [L. Carlitz, q-Bernoulli numbers and polynomials, Duke Math. J. 15 (1948) 987–1000], which we define here via generating series rather than via the difference equations of Carlitz. Following a method developed by Kaneko et al. [M. Kaneko, N. Kurokawa, M. Wakayama, A variation of Euler’s approach to the Riemann zeta function, Kyushu J. Math. 57 (2003) 175–192] for a canonical q-extension of the Riemann zeta function, we investigate a similarly constructed q-extension of the Hurwitz zeta function. The details of this investigation disclose some interesting connections among q-eta polynomials, Carlitz’s q-Bernoulli polynomials -polynomials, and the q-Bernoulli polynomials that emerge from the q-extension of the Hurwitz zeta function discussed here.     

Multiplication formulas for Kubert functions

The aim of this paper is two folds. First, we shall prove a general reduction theorem to the Spannenintegral of products of （generalized） Kubert functions. Second, we apply the special case of Carlitz＇s theorem to the elaboration of earlier results on the mean values of the product of Dirichlet L-functions at integer arguments. Carlitz＇s theorem is a generalization of a classical result of Nielsen in 1923. Regarding the reduction theorem, we shall unify both the results of Carlitz （for sums） and Mordell （for integrals）, both of which are generalizations of preceding results by Frasnel, Landau, Mikolas, and Romanoff et al. These not only generalize earlier results but also cover some recent results. For example, Beck＇s lamma is the same as Carlitz＇s result, while some results of Maier may be deduced from those of Romanoff. To this end, we shall consider the Stiletjes integral which incorporates both sums and integrals. Now, we have an expansion of the sum of products of Bernoulli polynomials that we may apply it to elaborate on the results of afore-mentioned papers and can supplement them by related results.     

On the integral of the product of four and more Bernoulli polynomials

In 1958, L.J. Mordell provided a formula for the integral of the product of two Bernoulli polynomials. He also remarked: “The integrals containing the product of more than two Bernoulli polynomials do not appear to lead to simple results.” In this paper, we provide explicit formulas for the integral of the product of r Bernoulli polynomials, where r is any positive integer. Many results in this direction, including those by Nörlund, Mordell, Carlitz, Agoh, and Dilcher, are special cases of the formulas given in this paper.     

B样条在一些渐近组合问题中的应用

本文考察了B样条函数及其导数的渐近性质,并给出了收敛阶;考察了经典Eulerian数和两类广义Eulerian数的渐近性质;给出了以Hermite多项式表示的细化Eulerian数的渐近形式.Carlitz等人利用中心极限定理得到Eulerian数渐近公式的逼近阶为43阶.利用样条方法,我们得到更为精确的逼近阶.将样条方法引入到组合数的渐近分析中,为离散对象的研究提供了一种新的分析方法.     

Carlitz and the general 3φ2

In a letter dated March 3, 1971, L. Carlitz defined a sequence of polynomials, Φ _n (a,b; x, y; z), generalizing the Al-Salam & Carlitz polynomials, but closely related thereto. He concluded the letter by stating: “It would be of interest to find properties of Φ _n (a, b; x, y; z) when all the parameters are free.” In this paper, we reproduce the Carlitz letter and show how a study of Carlitz’s polynomials leads to a clearer understanding of the general ₃Φ₂ (a, b, c; d; e; q, z). Dedicated to my friend, Richard Askey. 2000 Mathematics Subject Classification Primary—33D20. G. E. Andrews: Partially supported by National Science Foundation Grant DMS 0200047.     

Some polynomials associated with up-down permutations

Up-down permutations, introduced many years ago by André under the name alternating permutations, were studied by Carlitz and coauthors in a series of papers in the 1970s. We return to this class of permutations and discuss several sets of polynomials associated with them. These polynomials allow us to divide up-down permutations into various subclasses, with the aid of the exponential formula. We find explicit, albeit complicated, expressions for the coefficients, and we explain how one set of polynomials counts up-down permutations of even length when evaluated at x=1, and of odd length when evaluated at x=2. We also introduce a new kind of sequence that is equinumerous with the up-down permutations, and we give a bijection.     

Number of irreducible polynomials and pairs of relatively prime polynomials in several variables over finite fields

We discuss several enumerative results for irreducible polynomials of a given degree and pairs of relatively prime polynomials of given degrees in several variables over finite fields. Two notions of degree, the total degree and the vector degree, are considered. We show that the number of irreducibles can be computed recursively by degree and that the number of relatively prime pairs can be expressed in terms of the number of irreducibles. We also obtain asymptotic formulas for the number of irreducibles and the number of relatively prime pairs. The asymptotic formulas for the number of irreducibles generalize and improve several previous results by Carlitz, Cohen and Bodin.     

Drinfeld Iterations and Wagner's Theorem

Abstract

In a previous paper, the author, in collaboration with Abhyankar, has proved that under certain assumptions the Galois groups of Carlitz–Drinfeld iterates of linear polynomials are general linear groups. The proof used Cameron–Kantor's characterization of linear groups. In this paper, we recover the result in very generic case by using a more elementary Wagner's characterization of linear groups. This is done using some commutative algebra.     

Explicit formulae for L-values in positive characteristic

We focus on the generating series for the rational special values of Pellarin’s \(L\) -series in \(1 \le s \le 2(q-1)\) indeterminates, and using interpolation polynomials we prove a closed form formula relating this generating series to the Carlitz exponential, the Anderson–Thakur function, and the Anderson generating functions for the Carlitz module. We draw several corollaries, including explicit formulae and recursive relations for Pellarin’s \(L\) -series in the same range of \(s\) , and divisibility results on the numerators of the Bernoulli–Carlitz numbers by monic irreducibles of degrees one and two.     

A note on generalized q-difference equations for q-beta and Andrews–Askey integral

Two q-difference equations with solutions expressed by q-exponential operator identities are investigated. As applications, two extensions of Ramanujan?s formulas for q-beta integral are given, two generalizations of Andrews–Askey integral are obtained. In addition, generating functions for generalized Al-Salam–Carlitz polynomials are deduced. At last, a generalized transformation identity is gained.